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Paul Albert Anka

Published Online March 25, 2009

Last Edited March 4, 2015

He has written over 400 songs, displaying an uncanny ability to create hit songs, including Frank Sinatra's "My Way", "She's a Lady" for Tom Jones and the theme for the "The Tonight Show" on television, used for decades until the retirement of Johnny Carson in the early 1990s.
Foster and Anka
Canadian musical icons David Foster and Paul Anka in 2004 (photo courtesy davidfoster.com).
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Anka, Paul Albert

Paul Albert Anka, singer, songwriter (b at Ottawa 30 July 1941). Of Lebanese Canadian origins, Anka became famous in his teens with such songs as "Diana" (the second-highest-selling record in history), "You Are My Destiny", "Puppy Love" and "Lonely Boy."

He has written over 400 songs, displaying an uncanny ability to create hit songs, including Frank Sinatra's "My Way", "She's a Lady" for Tom Jones and the theme for the "The Tonight Show" on television, used for decades until the retirement of Johnny Carson in the early 1990s. He has continued to perform in Las Vegas and elsewhere. In 1991 he became part owner of the Ottawa Senators hockey team.